Which funds own MSA
MSA Safety in the Q2 2026 filings. At least 2 of the 91 current managers on file reported a position, worth $308m between them. It is among the largest positions of fewer than a fifth of the current managers on file. The quarter went the other way: 5 managers trimmed or sold out against 1 buying.
- Managers holding
- 2
- at least, of 91 current
- Combined value
- $308m
- as reported
- Opened
- 1
- new this quarter
- Added to
- 0
- already held
- Trimmed or sold out
- 5
- 4 sold out entirely
Only each manager’s largest 200 positions are listed here, so a smaller holder may be missing.
Managers reporting a position
Largest first. Weight is the share of that manager’s whole reported book, which is the number worth quoting: $400m is a rounding error in one book and a defining bet in another.
| Manager | Value | Weight | Shares | Change on the quarter | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruane Cunniff & Goldfarb LP Activist · $6.4bn book | $301m | 4.7% | 1,721,415 | +$9.3m-54,867 | Trimmed |
| Quantbot Technologies LP Quantitative · $2.5bn book | $7.8m | 0.3% | 44,651 | opened44,651 | New |
Sold out of this quarter
Valued at what the position was worth in the previous filing, because by this one it is gone.
- Baillie Gifford & Co · Long-only$8.3m held before
- ExodusPoint Capital Management LP · Multi-strategy$7.6m held before
- Walleye Capital LLC · Multi-strategy$3.1m held before
- First Eagle Investment Management LLC · Activist$0 held before
Ownership through time
At least 4 of the 95 managers whose filings are on file listed MSA in Q2 2026, against 2 in Q1 2014. 3 managers fewer than in Q1 2026: 2 started positions; 2 sold out, by their own filings; 3 no longer listed it among the positions read, which can mean a holding below the listed range or a filing not yet made.
Each manager’s largest 500 positions a quarter are read, so a small holding in a very large book can be missing, and a manager is counted as leaving only where its own filing shows it.
- Q1 2014: 2
- Q2 2014: 2
- Q3 2014: 2
- Q4 2014: 2
- Q1 2015: 1
- Q2 2015: 1
- Q2 2016: 2
- Q3 2016: 2
- Q4 2016: 2
- Q1 2017: 2
- Q2 2017: 2
- Q3 2017: 4
- Q4 2017: 4
- Q1 2018: 3
- Q2 2018: 2
- Q3 2018: 3
- Q4 2018: 4
- Q1 2019: 3
- Q2 2019: 2
- Q3 2019: 2
- Q4 2019: 4
- Q1 2020: 3
- Q2 2020: 5
- Q3 2020: 4
- Q4 2020: 3
- Q1 2021: 3
- Q2 2021: 3
- Q3 2021: 3
- Q4 2021: 1
- Q1 2022: 1
- Q2 2022: 1
- Q3 2022: 1
- Q4 2022: 2
- Q1 2023: 2
- Q2 2023: 2
- Q3 2023: 1
- Q4 2023: 4
- Q1 2024: 7
- Q2 2024: 4
- Q3 2024: 4
- Q4 2024: 5
- Q1 2025: 6
- Q2 2025: 6
- Q3 2025: 5
- Q4 2025: 6
- Q1 2026: 7
- Q2 2026: 4
- Q1 2014: $260m
- Q2 2014: $258m
- Q3 2014: $215m
- Q4 2014: $218m
- Q1 2015: $180m
- Q2 2015: $168m
- Q2 2016: $130m
- Q3 2016: $141m
- Q4 2016: $167m
- Q1 2017: $3.8m
- Q2 2017: $14m
- Q3 2017: $82m
- Q4 2017: $112m
- Q1 2018: $82m
- Q2 2018: $92m
- Q3 2018: $123m
- Q4 2018: $133m
- Q1 2019: $199m
- Q2 2019: $195m
- Q3 2019: $157m
- Q4 2019: $194m
- Q1 2020: $153m
- Q2 2020: $186m
- Q3 2020: $493m
- Q4 2020: $481m
- Q1 2021: $246m
- Q2 2021: $265m
- Q3 2021: $229m
- Q4 2021: $228m
- Q1 2022: $197m
- Q2 2022: $2.8m
- Q3 2022: $1.3m
- Q4 2022: $16m
- Q1 2023: $30m
- Q2 2023: $46m
- Q3 2023: $35m
- Q4 2023: $49m
- Q1 2024: $294m
- Q2 2024: $274m
- Q3 2024: $248m
- Q4 2024: $277m
- Q1 2025: $247m
- Q2 2025: $444m
- Q3 2025: $385m
- Q4 2025: $324m
- Q1 2026: $354m
- Q2 2026: $367m
Between the quarter ends of Q1 2026 and Q2 2026. Each change in shares is valued at the Q2 2026 price, so the price’s own move is left out; a 13F shows the two quarter ends, not when in between anything was bought or sold.
Started in Q2 2026
Largest increases, by shares
- Capital Research Global Investorsnew: 306,306 shares+$53m
- Quantbot Technologies LPnew: 44,651 shares+$7.8m
- Holocene Advisors LP18,265 to 27,902 shares+$1.7m
Largest decreases, by shares
- Ruane Cunniff & Goldfarb LP1,776,282 to 1,721,415 shares-$9.6m
Left it
- Baillie Gifford & Cowas $8.3m
- First Eagle Investment Management LLCwas $4k
| Manager | Value over time | First listed | Largest | Q2 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruane Cunniff & Goldfarb LP | Q2 2025 | $301m | $301m | |
| Capital Research Global Investors | Q1 2014 | $53m | $53m | |
| Quantbot Technologies LP | Q4 2018 | $7.8m | $7.8m | |
| Holocene Advisors LP | Q3 2019 | $5.2m | $4.9m | |
| T. Rowe Price Associates Inc | Q1 2014 | $274m | last listed Q2 2025 | |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | Q3 2017 | $262m | last listed Q1 2022 | |
| Janus Henderson Group Ltd | Q1 2024 | $60m | last listed Q3 2025 | |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | Q3 2017 | $51m | last listed Q2 2019 | |
| Capital World Investors | Q4 2022 | $44m | last listed Q1 2026 | |
| Man Group PLC | Q1 2024 | $31m | last listed Q3 2024 | |
| Baillie Gifford & Co | Q4 2023 | $25m | last listed Q1 2026 | |
| Voloridge Investment Management LLC | Q4 2024 | $15m | last listed Q1 2025 | |
| Two Sigma Investments LP | Q2 2017 | $12m | last listed Q2 2017 | |
| Winton Group Ltd | Q3 2018 | $11m | last listed Q1 2026 |
What MSA is worth
Knowing who owns it is half the question. The other half is what it is worth against the companies it trades beside, which is the one an interviewer will follow up with.
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A Form 13F reports US-listed long equity and nothing else: no shorts, no bonds, no cash and no non-US listings. It arrives forty-five days after the quarter ends, so a manager who sold in July still shows the position in a filing published in August. This page reads the managers on file here rather than every filer in the market, and each manager’s largest positions rather than the whole table, so a small position in a very large book may not appear. Say “their last filing showed” rather than “they own”, and the distinction will do you credit.
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